زَكَريّا 5

١ 1 وَعُدْتُ وَرَفَعْتُ عَيْنَيَّ وَإذَا بِي أُشَاهِدُ دَرْجاً طَائِراً.

And I turned and lifted up my eyes: and I saw, and behold a volume flying.

٢ 2 فَسَأَلَنِي الْمَلاكُ: «مَاذَا تَرَى؟» فَأَجَبْتُ: «أَرَى دَرْجاً طَائِراً، طُولُهُ عِشْرُونَ ذِرَاعاً (نَحْوَ عَشَرَةِ أَمْتَارٍ) وَعَرْضُهُ عَشْرُ أَذْرُعٍ (نَحْوَ خَمْسَةِ أَمْتَارٍ)».

And he said to me: What seest thou? And I said: I see a volume flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ اللَّعْنَةُ الْمُنْصَبَّةُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا. كُلُّ مَنْ يَسْرِقُ يُسْتَأْصَلُ بِمُقْتَضَى مَا هُوَ مُدَوَّنٌ فِيهَا، وَكُلُّ حَالِفِ زُورٍ يُعَاقَبُ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا هُوَ مَنْصُوصٌ فِيهَا».

And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it.

٤ 4 وَيَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: «إِنِّي أَصُبُّ هَذِهِ اللَّعْنَةَ عَلَى بَيْتِ كُلِّ سَارِقٍ أَوْ حَالِفٍ بِاسْمِي زُوراً، فَتَحُلُّ فِي وَسَطِ بَيْتِهِ وَتُبِيدُهُ مَعَ خَشَبِهِ وَحَجَرِهِ».

I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts: and it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof.

٥ 5 ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي الْمَلاكُ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «ارْفَعْ عَيْنَيْكَ وَانْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا الشَّيْءِ الْمُقْبِلِ».

And the angel went forth that spoke in me, and he said to me: Lift up thy eyes, and see what this is, that goeth forth.

٦ 6 فَسَأَلْتُ: «مَا هَذَا؟» فَأَجَابَ: «إِنَّهُ مِكْيَالٌ، وَهُوَ رَمْزُ إِثْمِهِمْ فِي الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا».

And I said: What is it? And he said: This is a vessel going forth. And he said: This is their eye in all the earth.

٧ 7 وَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ رُفِعَ الْغِطَاءُ الرَّصَاصِيُّ مِنْ عَلَى فُوَّهَتِهِ، وَإذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ جَالِسَةٍ فِي دَاخِلِ الْمِكْيَالِ.

And behold a talent of lead was carried, and behold a woman sitting in the midst of the vessel.

٨ 8 فَقَالَ لِي: «هَذِهِ هِيَ رَمْزُ الشَّرِّ»، وَأَلْقَى بِها إِلَى دَاخِلِ الْمِكْيَالِ، وَأَلْقَى الْغِطَاءَ الثَّقِيلَ عَلَى فُوَّهَتِهِ.

And he said: This is wickedness. And he cast her into the midst of the vessel, and cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

٩ 9 ثُمَّ نَظَرْتُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَرَأَيْتُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مُقْبِلَتَيْنِ لَهُمَا أَجْنِحَةٌ كَأَجْنِحَةِ اللَّقْلَقِ، مَحْمُولَتَيْنِ عَلَى أَمْوَاجِ الرِّيحِ، فَرَفَعَتَا الْمِكْيَالَ وَحَلَّقَتَا بِهِ بَيْنَ الأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ.

And I lifted up my eyes and looked: and behold there came out two women, and wind was in their wings, and they had wings like the wings of a kite: and they lifted up the vessel between the earth and the heaven.

١٠ 10 فَسَأَلْتُ الْمَلاكَ الَّذِي كَلَّمَنِي: «إِلَى أَيْنَ مَضَتَا بِالْمِكْيَالِ؟»

And I said to the angel that spoke in me: Whither do these carry the vessel?

١١ 11 فَأَجَابَنِي: «إِلَى أَرْضِ شِنْعَارَ لِتُشَيِّدَا لَهُ هَيْكَلاً حَتَّى إِذَا تَمَّ بِنَاؤُهُ يَسْتَقِرُّ الْمِكْيَالُ فِيهِ عَلَى قَاعِدَتِهِ».

And he said to me: That a house may be built for it in the land of Sennaar, and that it may be established, and set there upon its own basis.